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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Certification concerning 13 inch shells]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00828 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: New Jersey Type: Autograph document Date: 22 July 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 20.5 x 17.2 cm. Order a Copy

Certification for thirteen inch shells that have been proofed at Pompton Furnace. Written at Camp Pracaness. Signed by John Callender.

Callender, John, fl. 1747-1797

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